The Mental Health Act Bill 2016 was passed in the Rajya Sabha on 8th August 2016 and is expected to be discussed in Lok Sabha during next session. The Bill repeals the existing Mental Health Act, 1987. The Bill  is aimed...

The Conundrum of an ancient relic—Sabarimala and its women visitors The issue of women’s entry into the shrine of Sabarimala in Kerala has been in the eye of a raging storm that refuses to die. The controversy has snowballed today, to...

As Rohith Vemulla's last missive started to catch people's imagination and his experience of discrimination left people red faced, an excercise in damage limitation was initiated. Rohith, it was said, could not be a victim of caste discrimination because he was...

ABSTRACT Freedom of / Right to Information (FOI/RTI) has now been universally recognized as a Fundamental Human Right. Such a wide recognition of the important right has perhaps propelled nearly 104 countries so far to bring into operation specific legal instruments...

Abstract: The Bar council of India (BCI) had to struggle with the Ministry of HRD, Govt of India to retain hold over ‘laying down standards for legal education’ recognized as eligibility qualification for enrolment of Advocates. Many Commissions on Legal Education...

Glimpses of Practices within the Organised Sectors in India   If you open the papers to read about the cases across India on sexual harassment, you will be shocked, sad, baffled, agitated and will feel helpless at the same time. From...